Biography

While working full time for the New York City Police Department, Bongino used his accrued vacation time to attend the City University of New York where he completed both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Psychology, concentrating in both Neuro-Psychology and Behavioral Learning.[6] During his tenure as a Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service, Bongino completed his second graduate degree, a Master’s of Business Administration at Penn State University.[6]

Career

Issues

Campaign promises

Bongino promised that if elected to Congress, he will donate half his official salary to charity.[7]

In an August 2014 news release, Bongino also vowed to serve no more than six years, or three terms, and oppose any bill that contains exemptions for the “political class.” He also promised not to go on foreign junkets unless there was a “documented, legitimate purpose.”[7]

Elections

2014

Although it was speculated that Bongino would enter Maryland's gubernatorial race in 2014, he announced on June 2, 2013, that he would run for Maryland's 6th Congressional District seat which was held by incumbent John Delaney.[8] He won the nomination in the Republican primary on June 24, 2014.[3] Dan Bongino lost the general election on November 4, 2014.